| Blackburn Rovers | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Mark Schwarzer |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Franck Queudrue |
| S2 | DR | Jay McEveley | | DR | Stuart Parnaby |
| DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | S1 | DR | Ugo Ehiogu |
| DR | Martin Taylor | | DR | Gareth Southgate |
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | MD | Mark Wilson |
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | | MD | Geremi |
| MD | David Thompson | | AM | Jonathan Greening |
| S1 | MD | Neil Danns | S2 | FD | Massimo Maccarone |
| FD | Andy Cole | | FD | Alen Boksic |
| S3 | FD | Dwight Yorke | S3 | FD | Joseph-Desire Job |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | WR | Keith Gillespie | S1 | DR | Tony Vidmar |
| S2 | DR | Andy Todd | S2 | FD | Szilard Nemeth |
| S3 | FD | Egil Ostenstad | S3 | FD | Dean Windass |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Graeme Souness | | | Steve McClaren |